The Other Side of Responsibility
Posted by Chris
Phew... This weekend has felt like a whirlwind for the most part. I can't say that I had anything major planned other than perhaps getting some yard work done & having fun with the family. Before the weekend got here I told Andrea I needed to spend some time some night performing an upgrade of the online shopping cart system on one of our sites. I didn't expect it to be a major project or take much time (the eternal optimistic showing his face once again). Just to play it safe, though, I decided to take it on Friday night just in case. Good thing.
I won't go into the gory details. I'll just leave it at that it did in fact turn into a major project that took much time (including all night Friday night). No fun. I got to spend a good part of the weekend by myself with my laptop. Not what I wanted to do with my time off.
Josiah came in to see me several times and hung out with me. It was fun having him there, wanting to help (even though he really couldn't) and sincerely being interested in me going into coding details that were way over his head. I like his heart, though, and the fact that he wanted to hang out with his dad - even if it was while his dad was working on the weekend.
We had a good talk discussing how I try really hard to keep my work at the office (something that hasn't always been the case, I'm afraid), but that sometimes the responsibilities of my job make it necessary to spend time doing those things anyhow. It's the 'other' side of responsibility and one that he hasn't been alive long enough to experience yet - but he will. Right now responsibility means privilege in his mind. He loves the fact that he is "double digits" now and is always looking for ways that he can leverage that fact to push the limits a little farther than his younger brother and sister. It's all good - especially since we're teaching him that with privilege comes responsibility and that is a lesson God has for him as He makes him into the young man, and then the man that He desires for him to be.
So, I spent very little time today tying up loose ends and got to hang out with the family enjoying some movies & time together before I go back to the office tomorrow. Not the way I had wanted to spend the better half of the weekend, but that's what comes with responsibility sometimes (or so I tell my eldest). :-)
I won't go into the gory details. I'll just leave it at that it did in fact turn into a major project that took much time (including all night Friday night). No fun. I got to spend a good part of the weekend by myself with my laptop. Not what I wanted to do with my time off.
Josiah came in to see me several times and hung out with me. It was fun having him there, wanting to help (even though he really couldn't) and sincerely being interested in me going into coding details that were way over his head. I like his heart, though, and the fact that he wanted to hang out with his dad - even if it was while his dad was working on the weekend.
We had a good talk discussing how I try really hard to keep my work at the office (something that hasn't always been the case, I'm afraid), but that sometimes the responsibilities of my job make it necessary to spend time doing those things anyhow. It's the 'other' side of responsibility and one that he hasn't been alive long enough to experience yet - but he will. Right now responsibility means privilege in his mind. He loves the fact that he is "double digits" now and is always looking for ways that he can leverage that fact to push the limits a little farther than his younger brother and sister. It's all good - especially since we're teaching him that with privilege comes responsibility and that is a lesson God has for him as He makes him into the young man, and then the man that He desires for him to be.
So, I spent very little time today tying up loose ends and got to hang out with the family enjoying some movies & time together before I go back to the office tomorrow. Not the way I had wanted to spend the better half of the weekend, but that's what comes with responsibility sometimes (or so I tell my eldest). :-)
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